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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners agreed on a USD 25 billion endeavor to protect low-carbon power for data centers serving AI workloads. July 2025: Fujitsu revealed its Technology and Service Vision 2025, stressing AI-enabled cross-industry environments and net-positive results. Might 2025: Oracle repeated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi investment to align with economic-prosperity initiatives and expand cloud regions.
February 2025: Cognizant got in a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to offer Gen-AI-powered finance automation. 1. INTRODUCTION1.1 Study Assumptions and Market Definition1.2 Scope of the Study2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY4. MARKET LANDSCAPE4.1 Market Overview4.2 Market Drivers4.2.1 Rise in hyperscale cloud-region introduces across GCC4.2.2 Compulsory in-country data-residency and sovereignty rules4.2.3 Outsourcing push from Vision 2030 and other nationwide agendas4.2.4 Rising cyber-insurance requirements driving handled security uptake4.2.5 AI-enabled service automation cutting overall cost of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX shifting CAPEX workloads to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Relentless scarcity of Arabic-speaking Tier-3 engineers4.3.2 Federal government "Saudization/Emiratization" hiring quotas4.3.3 High energy-pricing volatility for data-center operations4.3.4 Fragmented regulative certifications throughout GCC states4.4 Value/ Supply-Chain Analysis4.5 Regulatory Landscape4.6 Technological Outlook4.7 Porter's 5 Forces Analysis4.7.1 Hazard of New Entrants4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers4.7.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers4.7.4 Hazard of Substitutes4.7.5 Strength of Competitive Rivalry4.8 Effect of Macro Trends4.9 Key Market Considerations and Emerging Use-Cases5.

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE6.1 Market Concentration Analysis6.2 Strategic Relocations (M&A, Partnerships, Releases)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Company Profiles (consists of International Level Introduction, Market Level Overview, Core Segments, Financials as offered, Strategic Details, Market Rank/Share, Services And Product, Recent Developments)6.4.1 Etihad Etisalat Co. (Mobily)6.4.2 Emitac Enterprise Solutions LLC6.4.3 Saudi Telecom Business (stc)6.4.4 Hewlett Packard Business Company6.4.5 A/C Group6.4.6 International Organization Machines Corporation6.4.7 Diyar United Company6.4.8 Ooredoo Q.P.S.C. 6.4.9 Wipro Limited6.4.10 AGC Networks Limited6.4.11 MEEZA QSTP-LLC6.4.12 Emirates Integrated Telecom Business PJSC (du)6.4.13 Injazat Data Systems LLC6.4.14 Gulf Service Machines (GBM)6.4.15 Fujitsu Ltd.
MARKET CHANCES AND FUTURE TRENDS7.1 White-space and Unmet-Need Evaluation **Subject to Availability Managed services are the practice of contracting out the duty for maintaining and anticipating the need for a variety of procedures and functions, seemingly for the function of enhanced operations and minimized monetary expenses through the decrease of straight utilized personnel.
The marketplace sizes and forecasts are provided in terms of value in USD for all the above sectors. By Managed Service TypeManaged Infrastructure ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Healing and Service ContinuityNetwork and Interaction ServicesEnd-user Assistance ServicesManaged IoT ServicesBy End-user VerticalIT and TelecomBFSIOil and GasHealthcareGovernmentRetail and E-commerceEducationManufacturingEnergy and UtilitiesBy Service Delivery ModelRemote/ Off-site Managed ServicesOn-site/ Field Managed ServicesHybrid ModelCo-managed ServicesBy Company SizeLarge EnterprisesSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)By Deployment EnvironmentOn-premisePublic CloudPrivate CloudHybrid CloudBy GeographySaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitOmanBahrain The GCC Managed Services Market size is anticipated to reach USD 12.35 billion in 2026 and grow at a CAGR of 8.84% to reach USD 18.87 billion by 2031. In 2026, the GCC Managed Services Market size is anticipated to reach USD 12.35 billion.
Driving Dubai Industrial Expansion via Strategic Excellence(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Company), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Company and IBM Corporation are the significant business running in the GCC Managed Services Market. In 2025, the GCC Managed Provider Market size was approximated at USD 12.35 billion. The report covers the GCC Managed Solutions Market historic market size for years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Page last updated on: January 28, 2026.
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